August 2017

And as the whistle blows there begins the 2017 Netball session for 10 dedicated, talented and enthusiastic year 5 and 6 girls who make up Ormiston Primary’s only netball team.
Starting the season off with a win these girls displayed their capabilities and sportsmanship as they played their first games against Baverstock Oats School participating in […]

We started Term 2 with a reminder about Road Safety – both when travelling by foot and with wheels. Five enthusiastic members of our Travelwise team joined Eadaoin from Auckland Transport to wave placards at passing motorists on Ormiston Road. They were thrilled to receive over 30 toots of appreciation.

March 2017

Our super #oresome team participated in our 3rd annual #oresome challenge. This year they worked in their whanau teams: Connected Whanau, Capable Whanau, Collaborative Whanau and Curious Whanau. They visited areas around our community to participate in challenges and complete tasks , tweeting their evidence on Twitter along the way. We are very proud of […]

Wow. Time flies when you are having fun learning and growing! We are now in our third year: we opened with 101 learners in February 2015 and are now over 370! We had a ‘Meet the Educator’ night in Week 2 so our #oresome families could meet our spectacular team.

November 2016

Term 3 was all about celebrating our OPS ‘Capable’ Vision Principle. Capable Community Day gave learners the opportunity to showcase their abilities in Ormiston’s Got Talent 2016. Learners from age 5 to 11 battled their way through auditions, rehearsals and into an epic final show. We were delighted with movement and magic, drumming and dance, […]

The English Language Learner’s support team are now very busy working in habitats supporting the development of language. Learners are being supported both individually and in small groups in all of our Learning Habitats. We have recently purchased a lot of specific resources to help us support learning English and make […]

October 2016

‘And the winner of best defence trophy for Howick and Pakuranga Netball Association 2016 goes to Ormiston Primary School’. The proud holders of this trophy are nine enthusiastic, committed and humble year 6 and 7 girls, who over the past two terms have reliably week in and week out braved wild Auckland weather to showcase […]